CVE-2012-1989 (GCVE-0-2012-1989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-27 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:17
VLAI
Summary
telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606 x_refsource_MISC
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Re… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2012-04-11 00:00
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          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-264"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:52:21+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2012-1989",
      "id": "CVE-2012-1989",
      "initial_release_date": "2012-04-11T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "puppet: Insecure temporary file use for NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2012/cve-2012-1989.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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